Early Modern · Essays
Religio Medici
by Thomas Browne. A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Thomas Browne examining faith, knowledge, mortality; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.
- Date
- 1643
- Origin
- England
- Era
- Early Modern
- Genre
- Essays
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Medium
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Thomas Browne examining faith, knowledge, mortality; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of expanded synthesis: bloom / great books / modern library / revised canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.